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1912 - 0508.PDF
QrycdL Mrs. Stocks just before starting for a flight In the Howard Wright biplane at Hendon last week-end Is Introduced to the Daily Mirror's "Baby Jumbo," but unfortunately (?) Mrs. Stocks already had the passenger seat occupied, and Jumbo therefore was not Invited for a spin. MI thai the- biplane circled the aerodrome at a slow speed, and without dropping. Then, when the throttle was opened wide, the biplane perceptibly shot forward. The engine employed is a 70-h.p. Renault. A little later Verrier was up again, this time with a ptmenger; he makes very neat landings. Shortly after 5 o'clock a start was made for the speed handicap, JUNE 8, 1912. which was flown in two heats of four laps each, and a six-lap final. Verrier on the Maurice Farman and Hamel on the single-seater BleViot were in the first heat, and Turner on the Howard Wright and Moor- house on the " R. and M." monoplane made up the second heat. Hamel gaTe Verrier 1 min. start, and Moorhouse gave Turner 2 mins. 28 sees, start. The first heat was won by Verrier who kept well ahead of Hamel, the latter seemingly gaining very little. In the second heat Moorhouse got away just as Turner had completed his first lap, and was im mediately overhead. Both pilots manoeuvred their mounts in fine style, and Moorhouse just managed to round No. 2 pylon in front of Turner, finally winning the heat. The times for the two heats were as follows: 1st heat, Verrier, 7 mins. 47 sees. ; Hamel, 8 mins. io£ sees. 2nd heat, Moorhouse, 9 mins. 4 sees. ; Turner, 10 mins. 2 sees. In the final there was some very fine flying. Verrier, as before, managed to keep well ahead, banking splendidly at the pylons. On his fifth lap, however, he fouled pylon No. 6, but noticing this immediately, he made a sharp, banked turn and took it again in fine style. Although this delayed him 35 seconds, he won the final, thus achieving marked success in his first competition at Hendon. During the speed contest it started to rain, so that there was an interval of about half-an-hour before the altitude contest, Turner in the meanwhile taking a passenger up for a flight in the Howard Wright biplane. At about 6.40 p.m., Hamel made a start for the altitude contest in the two-seater Bleriot, accompanied by Miss Trehawke Davies. He had not gone far, however, when he made a sudden landing and had the machine brought back to the starting line. He stated that a slight adjustment to the control was required, so he decided to fly the single-seater instead. After a short delay—for the purpose of filling Hamel's barograph with the necessary ink—he made a fresh start, Moorhouse having started just before. The latter came down after having reached a height of about 500 feet, Hamel remaining aloft until he reached a height 7/1 | j ^m • -- Ji \ci ft /iSf Tm I* 1 HF .9 H • • > I- i/T Mr. Claude Grahame-White doing a turn over the hangars at the London Aerodrome on the school Farman 'bus during one of the regular week-end meetings at Hendon, 508 M. Pierre Verrier, of the Aircraft Co., in front of his Maurice Farman biplane. He made his first appearance at Hendon Aerodrome last Saturday with the M. Farman machine, and gave some remarkable demonstrations of his qualities as a skilful pilot.
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